Emma has a note sent over to Alli's mother's store to ask her to come by later. The store closes about when Emma's done with tutoring, and Alli will bring Jenny, and then Emma can sell this to her mother as a "shopping expedition, just us girls," and get approval to go out in the city. Her parents don't like her going out alone, and in their defense it isn't terribly safe for a young noblewoman to just- wander the city. But she'll bring her friends, who Emma will happily admit are much more city-wise than she is, and they'll bring the stable hand as an escort / bodyguard / chaperone.

(Who will then trail behind them lazily, chatting up his many lady friends in the markets. He doesn't ever fall far enough behind Emma to make her feel unsafe, and she enjoys the safety-without-strictness feeling, so she doesn't bother him about it, and he appreciates the time off, and really everyone wins. Emma's never understood why a male stable hand counts as a chaperone, but she supposes she usually has a friend or a maid with her as well.)

But unfortunately, this all takes time. Time for her mother to come home, for her to finish her language lessons for the day, for her friends to get off work and get her note and come over, to get permission from her mother and the company of the 'bodyguard' and to go out into Chialto.

So in the meantime- would Holly like to learn some new words? Because Emma is a language nerd with very few bright ideas for activities, when they can't leave the house and are actively hiding from the other residents.